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- FINDING COMPETENT COURTS/AUTHORITIES
- Article 3(1) – Transmitting agencies
- Article 3(2) – Receiving agencies
- Article 3(4)(c) – Means of receipt of documents
- Article 3(4)(d) – Languages that may be used for the completion of the standard form set out in Annex I
- Article 4 – Central body
- Article 7 – Assistance in address enquiries
- Article 8 – Transmission of documents
- Article 12 – Refusal to accept a document
- Article 13 – Date of service
- Article 14 – Certificate of service and copy of the document served
- Article 15 – Costs of service
- Article 17 – Service by diplomatic agents or consular officers
- Article 19 – Electronic service
- Article 20 – Direct service
- Article 22 – Defendant not entering an appearance
- Article 29 – Relationship with agreements or arrangements between Member States
- Article 33(2) – Notification on the early use of the decentralised IT-system
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FINDING COMPETENT COURTS/AUTHORITIES
The search tool below will help you to identify court(s)/authority(ies) competent for a specific European legal instrument. Please note that although every effort has been made to ascertain the accuracy of the results, there may be some exceptional cases concerning the determination of competence that are not necessarily covered.
Article 3(1) – Transmitting agencies
The competent authority in the Republic of Cyprus for the transmission of judicial or extrajudicial documents to be served in another Member State (‘transmitting agency’) is the Ministry of Justice and Public Order (Ypourgeío Dikaiosýnis kai Dimosías Táxeos).
Article 3(2) – Receiving agencies
The competent authority in the Republic of Cyprus for the receipt of judicial or extrajudicial documents from another Member State (‘receiving agency’) is the Ministry of Justice and Public Order, which has territorial competence for the whole of Cyprus.
Article 3(4)(c) – Means of receipt of documents
In the event of a technical problem or disruption of the system provided for by Article 5 of the Regulation, or in exceptional circumstances, documents may be transmitted by email.
Article 3(4)(d) – Languages that may be used for the completion of the standard form set out in Annex I
The forms in Annex I are accepted in Greek and in English.
Article 4 – Central body
The central body for the Republic of Cyprus is the Ministry of Justice and Public Order, which has territorial competence for the whole country. The central body’s address is:
Leoforos Athalassas 125,
1461 Nicosia
Article 7 – Assistance in address enquiries
For address enquiries, Cyprus provides the assistance described in Article 7(1)(a) of the Regulation, i.e. it provides for designated authorities to which transmitting agencies may address requests on the determination of the address of the person to be served.
The transmitting agency referred to above is the Ministry of Justice and Public Order, as central body, which will contact the designated authorities itself in the event of address enquiries.
The central body’s address is:
Leoforos Athalassas 125,
1461 Nicosia
The authorities do not submit requests for information to databases on their own initiative, in accordance with Article 7(2)(c) of the Regulation.
Article 8 – Transmission of documents
Form A in Annex I is accepted in Greek and in English.
Article 12 – Refusal to accept a document
Not applicable. Form L in Annex I is not translated into the language of a third country.
Article 13 – Date of service
Cypriot legislation does not provide for a period for service. However, where documents are served as part of proceedings pending before a court, the period of service may be determined by the court.
Article 14 – Certificate of service and copy of the document served
Form K in Annex I is accepted in Greek and in English.
Article 15 – Costs of service
€21.00 for each document service request (Aítima Epídosis Engráfon).
The fee must be paid by bank transfer to the following bank account:
Account: 6001017 – Ministry of Justice and Public Order
ΙΒΑΝ: CΥ21 0010 0001 0000 0000 0600 1017
SWIFT: CΒCΥCΥ2Ν
The above procedure must be followed for all document service requests. Please note that any requests that are not accompanied by the corresponding bank receipt proving payment of the statutory fees will not be processed.
Article 17 – Service by diplomatic agents or consular officers
The Republic of Cyprus is opposed to service of judicial documents, as referred to in Article 17(1), within its territory, unless the documents are to be served on nationals of the Member State in which the documents originate.
Article 19 – Electronic service
To be determined shortly.
Article 20 – Direct service
Such service is effected by private bailiffs (idiótes epidótes).
Article 22 – Defendant not entering an appearance
To be determined shortly.
Article 29 – Relationship with agreements or arrangements between Member States
Cyprus is a contracting party to the Hague Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters.
It does not intend to conclude agreements or arrangements under Article 29(2) of the Regulation.
Article 33(2) – Notification on the early use of the decentralised IT-system
Cyprus does not intend to use the decentralised IT system earlier than required.
Last update:
16/04/2024
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